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Duffy blood group genotypes among African-Brazilian communities of the Amazon region.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 29 Mar 2007
Perna S J Q, Cardoso G L, Guerreiro J F
Abstract excerpt
Duffy blood group genotype was studied in 95 unrelated subjects from four African-Brazilian communities of the Amazon region: Trombetas, Pitimandeua, Curiaú, and Mazagão Velho. Genotyping was performed using an allele-specific primer polymerase chain reaction technique for determining the three major alleles at FY blood group, and as expected, FY*O allele was the most common one, with frequencies ranging from...
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